Immigrant Candidate Seeks to Ease Citizenship in Italy

By

Christopher Emsden

Feb. 20, 2013 8:54 p.m. ET

ROME—It took Khalid Chaouki 14 years to become an Italian citizen after he arrived in the country from Morocco as an 8-year-old. Today, he wants to use his likely election to Parliament to make it easier for others.

Mr. Chaouki, 30 years old, is favored to be elected in Campania with Italy's center-left Democratic Party, which opinion polls show has more votes than the next two parties combined in the Feb. 24-25 general election.